Adele’s 30 and the Year of the Breakup Album
“Mommy’s been having a lot of big feelings recently.”
The Experiment Podcast: When It Comes to Murder, Does Intent Matter?
In April, The Experiment explored a widely criticized legal principle that disproportionately puts youth of color and women behind bars. But is it the only way to hold police accountable when they kill?
The Experiment Podcast: The Wandering Soul
On many nights during the Vietnam War, if you listened closely, you’d swear you could hear a ghost. Today, The Experiment explores the story of that ghost and how it still haunts us.
How to Identify What You Enjoy
Arthur C. Brooks and Lori Gottlieb discuss the importance of fun, the cultural distortion of emotions as “good” or “bad,” and how envy points you in the direction of your deepest desires.
The Anachronistic Joy of Dickinson
Why is television using old settings to tell modern stories lately?
The Experiment Podcast: How Netflix’s Passing Upends a Hollywood Genre
The American movie industry has a long, problematic history with stories about racial passing. But the actor-writer-director Rebecca Hall is trying to tell a new kind of story.
Kristen Stewart, Diana Spencer, and the Ghost of Anne Boleyn
Does Spencer portray Princess Diana the person, or just the public image?
The Experiment Podcast: A Friend in the Execution Room
The Experiment revisits our March conversation with Yusuf Ahmed Nur, a Somali immigrant and business professor who volunteered to witness the U.S. government execute someone.
How to Live When You’re in Pain
Arthur C. Brooks and BJ Miller, a palliative-care physician, explore the difference between “necessary” and “unnecessary” suffering, and the paradoxical realities of human joy.
You Won’t Regret Rewatching The Ring
Almost 20 years ago, the modern horror classic offered an eerily prescient warning about viral media.
How to Find the Secret to Meaningful Work
Arthur Brooks and Jenn Lim, the CEO of Delivering Happiness, analyze the barriers to feeling that your work serves a higher purpose.
Science Fiction’s Very Special Boys
Luke Skywalker, Paul Atreides, and what the new Dune finally got right.
The Experiment Podcast: What Does It Mean to Give Away Our DNA?
As excitement about genetic testing grows, one Navajo geneticist considers the future of the field and whether her people should be a part of it.
How to Know That You Know Nothing
Arthur Brooks and the Harvard psychology professor Dr. Ellen Langer discuss the importance of curiosity and living in the moment—and how an illusion of stability may be holding you back from exactly that.
‘It’s a Safe Space for Mean Humor’
The boar is on the floor. The Greggs are in the Tomelettes. And Season 3 of Succession is finally here.
The Experiment Podcast: Justice, Interrupted
The highest court in America isn’t safe from mansplaining. A new set of rules for oral argument may change things.
How Not to Be Your Own Worst Enemy
Arthur Brooks and Dr. Shefali, a clinical psychologist and mindfulness expert, discuss the definition and dangers of self-objectification—and what it really means to be yourself.
‘The Most Influential Action Movies Ever Made’
James Bond has been in theaters across six decades. But with No Time to Die ending Daniel Craig’s run, where will the franchise go next?
The Experiment Podcast: Liberals Don’t Get The Babylon Bee. Neither Do Conservatives.
The Atlantic’s Emma Green sits down with the editor in chief of the Christian satire site to talk about mockery and the line between making fun and doing harm.
How to Know You’re Lonely
Dr. Vivek Murthy and Arthur Brooks discuss loneliness—what it feels like, how difficult it is to identify, and the remedies to alleviate its impact on our daily lives.